Le Grand Pouvoir du Chninkel by Jean Van Hamme

The graphic novel has been translated to several languages, including Polish (as Szninkiel, with several editions since 1988), German (as Die große Macht des kleinen Schninkel), Spanish (as El gran poder del Chninkel), Italian (as Il grande potere del Chninkel), Dutch (as De Chninkel) and Finnish (as Chninkel ja suuri voima). It was later colored by Polish colorist Graza. The comic was initially intended to be black and white, and for that purpose Rosiński utilized a number of techniques specific to that style. : 6–8 : 57 The complete edition consists of ten chapters and 134 plates. : 91 It was first published in French in black and white in an episodic form, then collected and published in an album form in 1988, with a color edition in 2001. The series debuted in October 1986 in the À Suivre magazine published by Casterman. Van Hamme agreed and initially wrote it as a fantasy story, which later gained a more unique character when he decided to mix in references to Christianity. The project was initiated by Rosiński, who wanted to produce a work in black and white, instead of the usual color. Chninkel was a novel, one-shot project that they saw as departing from the types of works common at that time in the Franco-belgian comic scene. They would continue working on that series for many years, with occasional ventures into other projects. Jean Van Hamme and Grzegorz Rosiński previously collaborated on Thorgal, a fantasy comic that debuted in 1977.

It has been called one of the first graphic novels in the history of Franco-Belgian comics. It follows the adventures of a diminutive humanoid J'on, who suddenly finds himself tasked with saving the world. First published from 1986 to 1987 in black and white, and later republished in color and translated to several languages, it mixes the genres of fantasy, science fiction and Biblical parables. The series has been reprinted, at least in part, in Polish, German, Italian, Spanish, Finnish, Dutch, and English.Ĭhninkel or The Great Power of Chninkel (French: Le Grand Pouvoir du Chninkel) is a Franco-Belgian comic with the story written by the Belgian writer Jean Van Hamme and the art drawn by the Polish artist Grzegorz Rosiński.

Le Grand Pouvoir du Chninkel by Jean Van Hamme